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Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia pledged to slash emissions. They failed.
Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and epic battles, they all failed.
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Data centers are energy hogs. Could they help power the grid?
Server farms equipped with batteries that store renewably generated power could one day become “critical components in carbon-free energy systems.”
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Global heating could stabilize if countries go net-zero emissions, scientists say
Climate disaster could be curtailed within a couple of decades if net zero emissions are reached, new study shows.
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How Merrick Garland could figure into Biden’s climate plans as attorney general
Biden sees his Justice Department as a key player in his plans for climate action.
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In boost for renewables, grid-scale battery storage is on the rise
Facilities are being built with storage systems that can hold enough renewable energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes, addressing concerns over the intermittency of wind and solar.
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Listen: Climate and fatherhood from a weather specialist
Host Andrew Simon talks with climate and weather specialist Marshall Shepherd about climate, fatherhood, and race.
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Can we really end our reliance on natural gas? These moms have a plan — and the ear of utilities.
Massachusetts nonprofit HEET wants to turn leaky infrastructure into district-wide geothermal heat-pump systems that it hopes will create a “post-gas world.”
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Today’s wind turbine blades could become tomorrow’s bridges
As wind turbines reach the end of their life, engineers are turning the blades into electrical transmission towers, bridges, cement, and more.
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FERC may finally help the public understand WTF it does
A new office of public participation might make the arcane federal commission accessible.
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Climate change could take weather patterns back to the Pliocene
Even the winds are getting more polarized.
